Gerard ⚽️🇾🇪

Professional, Proud Dad of 2 thanks to my beautiful wife. Adventure racer, amatuer athlete. @LeagueEmerge footballer.

[Michael Lavelle @mikelavelle93]

This may be the greatest 2 minutes and 44 seconds of television I’ve ever seen

[William Crawley @williamcrawley]

This post was intended only to add factual information providing the larger context of Northern Ireland.

It has nevertheless unleashed a slew of racist responses from some commenters, including a threat of violence against me (which I’ve blocked and reported).

[William Crawley @williamcrawley]

Belfast ranks 32nd per capita for asylum seekers in the UK.

Northern Ireland hosts 2,379 in total. That’s 0.1% of its population.

NI is 97% white.

Asylum seekers are not “illegal migrants”; they’re going through a legal government process.

https://t.co/JPdeJFLpVv

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

These aren't "protests" in Northern Ireland.

They're not "riots" either.

It's a pogrom.

It's a systematic attempt to drive minorities out of their homes using violence.

It's been whipped up by the media, our politicians, and the racist psychopath who runs this app.

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

In the UK, sitting peacefully opposing genocide is deemed terrorism whilst burning houses, rioting and targeting minority groups is considered ‘protest’

[Tehran Tadhg @TadhgHickey]

The Belfast Riots

[Gerard ⚽️🇾🇪 @gerryman1979]

Englands warm up games have been too slow, pedantic and predictable. Need to show more dynamism, bravery and creativity. Could be an early exit as one of the favs.

[Deirdre Heenan @deirdreheenan]

Ben Lowry: "There's a determination to depict Unionists and Loyalists as more racist than anyone else. -That's entirely wrong "

Jackie Long #c4news

"But most of the chaos of last night was in Loyalist areas wasn't it?"

Ben Lowry: "Yes, it was” 🤔

#c4news #belfast

[George Galloway @georgegalloway]

These people have been burning out innocent families in the north of Ireland for as long as I’ve been alive. And mostly white, Christian families at that. Before a black face was ever seen in Belfast there were plenty of black hearts

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

Kevin Maguire: "After the attack on the Liverpool football parade & it was a white guy, middle class, former royal marine, no-one went after other white, middle class former marines & set this person represents that entire group"

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

1 in 20 Catholic families were burned out of their homes in Belfast in 1969.

As one scholar put it, at the time it was "the largest forced population movement in Western Europe since the Second World War."

[Gerard ⚽️🇾🇪 @gerryman1979]

@aviv_lavi Looks like an Arsenal corner.

[Antifa_Ultras @ultras_antifaa]

Remember that Arsenal sacked its 22 year kitman Mark Bonnick for speaking out against the genocide in Gaza.

[Gerard ⚽️🇾🇪 @gerryman1979]

@GenTXer2 Squidword on a chair.

[Gerard ⚽️🇾🇪 @gerryman1979]

@SkySportsNews Most clubs don’t have 115 charges hanging over them like a bad smell. But yeah, carry on 👍

[Gerard ⚽️🇾🇪 @gerryman1979]

The difference in @England and @IrelandFootball is night and day. Leaks everywhere on eve of World Cup announcement yet nothing from @IrelandFootball on who would’ve been. Admiral stuff. 👏

[Gerard ⚽️🇾🇪 @gerryman1979]

@squinteratn @bbctheview Thought exactly the same myself. He accepted it like a compliment after he had dusted down the ornament on the mantelpiece. Weird behaviour.

[Gerard ⚽️🇾🇪 @gerryman1979]

@Cantona_Collars One of the few Utd managers I felt genuinely sorry for. Brutal on a human level. So glad he delivered us the FA Cup. Comes across as a genuinely lovely human being and a great football man.

[Gerard ⚽️🇾🇪 @gerryman1979]

@utdreport Who the young fans in the stands?

[Gerard ⚽️🇾🇪 @gerryman1979]

@AlternativeMUFC Love this ❤️ Was fortunate enough to be at the Carabao Leicester game. Van Nistelrooys first in charge and see him score that wonder goal with my daughter at her first game. Memories for a lifetime. Uncle Cass 🇧🇷 🇾🇪